The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-05-13
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.


stoned postmaster at Jerusalem Mills, Hartford
county.
Aberdeen Southern Methodist Sunday
School is preparing to hold Children's services
on Sunday, May Goth.
MIR. George l.. Scott, of Darlington, i.
negotiating for fine horse to take the place oil
Prince Junior, which died last week.
Mr. James II. Preston has built an addition
to his canning house, near Webster, and ex.
poets 10 can more extensively than before.
Miss Belle Glenn has succeeded Mr.. f. A
Brown as teacher at Sarah Furnace school,
which now numbers &c scholars in regular at
| tendance.
/ An otter was caught on Monday, at DR..
Roberts mill, near Churchville, by Mr.. James
Herman. 1t is supposed that the animal was
washed out of its hole By the food.
Justice Wright, at Norrsvile, on Monday,
heard evidence in the case of VIM. aud Ellen
Rgdon VS.. s. K. Gilbert, tenant holding over
| The Justice reserved his decision
The suaquehanna river was high, on Wednes-
day, and the floating debris interfered with the
fishermen. Very few fish were caught. Shad
brought from Sl2 to s14 per hundred
| Mr.. j. b. Hanway has torn down his old
canning house and built a new one at Joppa
station, and has also built warehouse. A
switch connects both with the new B. and o.
Railroad.
MIR. Winery, formerly of Philadelphia, who
lately purchased and is living on the Joseph
Robinson farm, near Prospect, last week lost a
fine horse from lockjaw caused by cold, taken
from oyer.heating.
MIR. and Mrs. Barnet r. Clark, of Forest
Hill, expected TO start, on Monday, for Phla.
delphia, driving over the road In buggy. The
distance is about so miles. They will visit Mrs
Clark's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leavis.
MIR. G. d. Whitelock is about to begin the
work OF enlargiug and improving his residence
near Darlington. Mr.. VIM. Chanlee began
work on his new house, this week Mr. Oliver
Jordan is contractor for both these improve
ments.
DIR. Il. s. Henry, of Charleston, West Va,
formerly ofAbingdou, Hartford county, has &C.
cepted an invitation TO prepare and read paper
on ophthalmology before the international
Medical Congress, which will meet at Washing
ton next September,
The piece of road between Christian Walk.
er's and John Worthington's, in the second dis.
trictt which has been terror 10 travellers for
the last six months, has been thoroughly turn
piked, under the supervision of Edward Bald
win, who understands the business.
Joseph Underhill, colored, was arrested on
Sunday oh nit 81.
from Robert A. Mitchell, on the "Old Bay"
Shore. He was given hearing before Justice
Charshee, and committed to Bel Air Jail TO
await the action of OF the grand jury.
Geo. Ramsay, colored, who had been caus-
ing considerable trouble in the north end of
Hayrc de Grace by entering houses and frlghten-
ing children and women, was arrested on
Wednesday morning and committed to the
county almshouse as an mbecile and vagrant.
DIR. Charles A. Rutiedge contemplates ad-
ditional Improvements at the Rocks of Deer
Creek. He intends to build another canning
house, exclusively for tomatoes, new saw mill
and three tenant houses. Mr.. George Lewis,
carpenter, has been engaged TO do the work.
Scott Pearce stabbed and killed Daniel
Bond, colored, with pocket knife, last Satur.
day afternoon, at Corbett Station, N. c. Rail-
road, Baltimore county. They first engaged in
wrestling, which ended in quarrel and Bond
ran, but was pursued by Pearce, who overlook
and killed him.
Mr.. j. R. Orsburn, Of Clayton, caught three
German carp, while fishing with dip net, in
Winters Run, on Monday. The largest fish
WI ttpn fonto Il t,,n
inches around its largest part and weighed
eight pounds. Mr.. Orsburn also caught $50 her.
ing in 81 minutes.
Last Sunday afternoon a severe clap of
thunder shook Mr.. Humphrey Wilson's house
near Forest Hill, breaking seven or eight panes
of glass in the windows. Mr. Wilson thought
the lightning had struck his barn and ran out
expecting to sec the building in flames, but
could not see where the bolt had struck.
Mr.. W. II. Divers, who died on the I'd inst,
near Churchville, was a native of Baltimore
city, but had lived for forty years at the place
where he died. Tic was in his S4th year. The
funeral, on Wednesday of last week, was largely
attended Rev. Messrs Wilson and Col.
burn both took part in the funeral services.
Mr. VIM schuck was The undertaken.
MIR. Henry e. Bowman. of Fallstou, left at
Ihe HEgis Office, on Tuesday, copy of the first
number of Tile Maryland journal and Baltimore
AdseHiSer, the predecessor of the present Balti-
more american. 1t was found years ago in a
family Bible belonging to the late Ephraim
swartz, of Abingdon, who was the father of the
late Mrs. Bowman. 1t will be presented to the
county Historical Society.